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Happy Everything

I have been quite a slacker when it comes to posting on here and I have been called to repentance by my dear husband.

So here goes...

Hope everyone had a good Halloween. The girls were cowgirls.

We had a relatively calm Thanksgiving except for the fact my camera broke and the pictures are still on it so once I get it back I can post those.

We had a wonderful Christmas and did some fun things in between Halloween and Christmas I will have to talk about later.

And onceI get all the Christmas pictures organized I will post those too. Is it me or did they change the format to post pictures? Or maybe it's iphoto? I have just found it hard to download pic's lately.

Hope everyone has a great New Year's!

Our little builder girls

Ken wanted to take the girls to Home Depot safety clinic to see the fire truck and they ended up building the project of the month ( or is it week ?) They ended up loving it although they were a little scared at first with all the hammering and at first didn't want anything to do with the aprons. Olivia wears hers every day now just around the house. This was also their first time painting which was a little hard for me to just turn them loose with but I let it go. We tried helping them at first but as anybody who has met a 2 year old knows that didn't last long. My camera died before we could get a shot of the finished project ( and I seem to have lost my charger somewhere ) but needless to say they would show 2 very proud girls showing their banks off -we'll see how long they last- they like to throw them on the floor to hear the "thunk" which isn't the best for a wooden bank.

Bike ride at the Ventura Harbor

We were fortunate to be given a hand me down bike trailer. We tried using one last year and the girls did not like being in it at all. They both love it now. Ken takes them out several times a week and I have even gone along a few times. ( We did get them helmets since these pictures were taken). This was a Saturday late in the afternoon so the beach was busy and the girls had lots to look at it.

They were having fun with their spray botttles in the back seat.

Happy as 2 little clams in a can of sardines.
Makenna smiling at me as I rode by.
You can't see her in the picture but Candy was laying at the girls feet. She was too tired to go on and had to ride.

Monkey See Monkey Do - Makenna and Olivia turned 2!

It really is true. They copy each other constantly and if one has something the other needs it .

I had said that I was not having a party again but I saw this theme and it could not be more true and really it would only rhyme with "2" so really we had to do it...and it is a lot of fun to plan a monkey party ( also a lot of work) . We won't talk about what rhymes with "3" (yet- ha ha)

Once again my mom did the cakes. I admit I don't have great pictures because I was busy being in charge and running around like a chicken with no head. It was a fun night and think everyone had fun. We have so many friends and family that support us. We are so grateful. It was the end of "birthday week" and we are so thankful for all who called, came, thought and cared about us.

New trikes!

After much debate on model ( mostly my own debate- lol) the girls finally ended up with these cute trikes. I was concerned that hey would not last long as they are small but the girls love them and I do have small girls. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa T!

New babies!

Grammy made them new little baby dolls and cradles with their names on them. Due to a "glitch" they opened them the day after their birthday which worked out great . It gave them something to do the second night of camping when it was cold outside. Thanks Grammy!

Busy, Busy

So I've been a little lax in posting the birthday pics. Here is their actual birthday. We spent it at the beach by our house ( about 20 minute drive). Ken's parents flew in to spend time with them on their birthday and we decided it would be fun to try camping. It went really well and they did great sleeping in the trailer at night. we had a great day. The girls loved all the sand and had so much fun digging. They weren't really sure what to think of the whole candles and cupcake thing. I don't think they even ended up eating much of the cupcakes that night but by the end of the week they had more than a fair share of sweets and loved all the attention.

Happy Birthday Girls!!

So , it is here. The big day. My baby girls are 2. I can not believe how fast that happened. They are so big. They talk now. They do so many things that I can hardly keep track.

How I love them! They have changed my life in the best way possible. My heart is full.

Happy Birthday !!!

My babies have babies

Well, not really. These strollers were supposed to be for their birthdays but yesterday I ended up giving them to them. I am weak- what can I say?

They have had the dolls for almost a year and rarely pay attention to them but since they got the strollers the dolls ( and strollers ) can't leave their site. As evidenced in the above pic. They even had to go in the car with us tonight.

I still want to catch up. I have some really good pictures I have been meaning to post but have been busy. I hope to catch up soon.

Until then -thanks for looking!!

Olivia's first "hairstyle"

Olivia loves to get into the bathroom and get into whatever she can get her hands on. This day she found my hair sculpting goop and created this style. She came out to show me and was quite proud of her handiwork. Maybe she will be hairstylist?? 

New Chairs!

Monkeying around.
Makenna being a ham.

The girls got new chairs from my parents. They were for Christmas but since they ended up flying so weren't able to bring them then. My cousin works at a store in Idaho Falls that is an outlet and they had the Pottery Barn Kids chairs in for awhile. I was so glad to find a chair for them that was washable. The girls love them.  Thanks mom and dad.

Easter

After Church we tried to get the girls to pose for pictures. Olivia was all smiles.

Makenna, not so much..
She would only pose w/ me and that was a challenge.
I love this picture.  A meeting of the minds.
And she finally wanted to pose for a picture- hours later. Truthfully, she was just trying to get out of getting in the car BUt she let me take tons of pictures while she did it.